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THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



[June, 1904. 



In the corresponding class for nurserymen, Messrs. James Cypher & Sons, 

 Cheltenham, secured the prize with a splendid group, in which Miltonia 

 vexillaria, Cattleya Skinneri and C. S. alba, Oncidium macanthrum, Laelias 

 purpurata and tenebrosa, Masdevallias, and others were conspicuous. 

 Awards of Merit were given to Vanda gigantea. Odontoglossum crispum 

 Clayi, and Laelia purpurata varieties Emperor and Duchess. 



For a collection of Odontoglossums E. Ashworth, Esq., was again 

 successful, with a good group in which O. Pescatorei and forms of O. 

 crispum were conspicuous. 



W. Duckworth, Esq., Flixton (gr. Mr. Tindall), sent a good miscellaneous 

 group which gained a Silver Medal. In this group Oncidium Marshalli- 

 anum, Odontoglossum Pescatorei and Laelias were conspicuous. 



Messrs. John Cowan & Co., Gateacre, staged a very fine group which 

 gained a Gold Medal. It contained some good Dendrobium Bensona;, 

 Cymbidium Lowianum, Cattleya Mossise, C. Skinneri alba, C. Schilleriana, 

 Cypripedium callosum Sanderae, •" Miltonia vexillaria, Odontoglossum 

 crispum (Award of Merit), &c, &c. 



Mr. John Robson, Altrincham, gained a Silver Medal for a beautiful 

 group, including some good Odontoglossums, Cattleya Skinneri, &c. 



NATURAL HYBRID ODONTOGLOSSUMS. 



Odontoglossum x pr^evisum.— This is a very interesting and pretty 

 Odontoglossum from the collection ofW. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, 

 Stone, which Mr. Stevens suggests may be a natural hybrid between O. 

 Lindleyanum and either O. gloriosum or O- X Andersonianum. It has 

 lanceolate, undulate, very acuminate, yellowish white sepals and petals, the 

 former being heavily blotched and the latter prettily spotted with light 

 reddish brown. The lip is strongly deltoid, with an acuminate apex, and a 

 light yellow area round the bilobed darker yellow crest, and this again is 

 surrounded by a zone of light brown extending half way to the apex. The 

 column wings are narrow, and somewhat toothed, and in front somewhat 

 cirrhate. The segments bear the imprint of O. gloriosum very strongly, 

 while the shape and markings of the lip, and the markings and details of 

 the column show the influence of O. Lindleyanum. It is a very interest- 

 ing addition, for it may be remembered that it was mentioned in an earlier 

 paper (vol. i., p. 277) as the one missing out of six possible combinations 

 between the Bogota species, but since then O. Hunnewellianum has been 

 brought into the group, giving four possible combinations, only one of 

 which has yet been recorded, namely O. X Adrianae. The specific name 

 (praevisum) indicates that its probable appearance was foreseen. 



R. A. Rolfe. 



